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  2. List of prominent operas - Wikipedia

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    Handel's last opera that he composed in Italy was a great success, [11] and established his reputation as a composer of Italian opera. [12] 1711 Rinaldo (Handel). Handel's first opera for the London stage was also the first all-Italian opera performed on the London stage. [13] 1724 Giulio Cesare (Handel). Noted for the richness of its ...

  3. E lucevan le stelle - Wikipedia

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    "E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars were shining") is a romantic aria from the third act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca from 1900, composed to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

  4. Italian opera - Wikipedia

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    Opera was in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day. Many famous operas in Italian were written by foreign composers, including Handel, Gluck and Mozart. Works by native Italian composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Rossini, Bellini ...

  5. Aria - Wikipedia

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    The farewell aria of Sultan Bazajet in Handel's opera Tamerlano (note the da capo instruction). First edition, London, 1719. In music, an aria (Italian:; pl.: arie, Italian:; arias in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, Italian:; pl.: ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger ...

  6. Pagliacci - Wikipedia

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    Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: [paʎˈʎattʃi]; literal translation, 'Clowns') [a] is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a ...

  7. Che gelida manina - Wikipedia

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    Che gelida manina" ([ke ˈd͡ʒɛ.li.da maˈni.na]; "What a frozen little hand") [1] is a tenor aria from the first act of Giacomo Puccini's opera, La bohème. The aria is sung by Rodolfo to Mimì when they first meet. In the aria he tells her of his life as a poet, and ends by asking her to tell him more about her life. [2]

  8. List of compositions by George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia

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    Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Il pastor fido" 456-2 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Amadigi" 456-3 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Flavio" 456-4 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Rodelinda" 456-5

  9. List of concert arias, songs and canons by Wolfgang Amadeus ...

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    Aria (canzonetta) for voice and piano, transcription of an insertion aria sung by Luigi Marchesi with several texts in several operas. The version with the text "Ridente la calma" was inserted in Francesco Bianchi's Il trionfo della pace (1782). [1] The original author of the music may be Josef Mysliveček.